[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035) › 21.10 # 佛祖統紀 21.10 佛祖統紀 21.10 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [21.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.21.10) 法師靈照。蘭溪盧氏。幼失怙恃。白兄求出家。兄取三藤示之曰。使此藤繫汝俱碎。可從汝意。師欣然入林。取藤成束置前曰。果容入道用此繫我。俱碎無恨。兄不能奪。遂入寶慧寺。誓去枕席香燈禮誦。未朞月誦通法華光明。弱冠投試有司嘉之。獎以別榜。既具戒即往錢唐。依香嚴湛師學教觀。數歲復往吳興。依淨覺。一家戶牖無不通達。初主吳山解空。繼遷景德。熙寧中徙雲間超果。自元豐以來於每歲春首結淨業社七日期時。預者二萬人。念佛獲驗不可紀錄。嘗夢三聖儀相。前跪作禮曰。靈照一生誦大乘經。期生安養為果願否。觀音指曰。淨土不遠有願即生。又誦經。深夜忽夢普賢示身。遂發心造其像。誦經萬部以嚴淨報。元豐五年冬臥疾。謂侍者曰。吾安養之期已至。遂北首面西累足而化。闍維異香襲人。舍利流迸。結塔院東南隅。 > Dharma Master Lingzhao was of the Lu clan of Lanxi. Having lost his parents in youth, he spoke to his elder brother requesting to leave household life. His brother took three rattan canes, showed them to him, and said: 'If these canes are used to tie you until both you and they are broken to pieces, I may grant your wish.' The Master gladly entered the forest, gathered a bundle of canes, placed it before him, and said: 'If you truly permit me to enter the Way, use these to tie me; even if broken to pieces, I shall have no regret.' His brother could not bend his resolve. He then entered Baohui Temple. He vowed to cast aside pillows and mats, and with incense and lamp, bowed and recited. In less than a year, he recited and mastered the Lotus Sūtra and the Golden Light Sūtra. At his coming of age, he presented himself for examination; the authorities commended him and rewarded him on a separate roster. Having received full ordination, he immediately went to Qiantang and relied upon Master Xiangyan Zhan to study the teachings and contemplation. After several years, he went to Wuxing and relied upon Jingjue. He thoroughly comprehended the household teachings without exception. At first he presided over Jiekong on Mount Wu, and subsequently moved to Jingde. During the Xining reign, he moved to Chaoguo in Yunjian. From the Yuanfeng reign onward, at the beginning of spring every year, he established a pure karma society for a seven-day period. Those who participated numbered twenty thousand; the verifications obtained through reciting the Buddha's name could not be recorded. He once dreamed of the majestic appearance of the Three Noble Ones; he knelt before them and bowed, saying: 'Throughout my life, Lingzhao has recited Mahāyāna sūtras, aspiring to be born in the Land of Peaceful Nurture. Will my vow be fulfilled?' Avalokiteśvara pointed and said: 'The Pure Land is not far; wherever there is a vow, one is immediately born there.' While reciting sūtras deep in the night, he suddenly dreamed of Samantabhadra revealing his body; he then gave rise to the aspiration to make his image and recite ten thousand fascicles of sūtras to adorn his pure recompense. In the winter of the fifth year of the Yuanfeng reign, he lay ill and said to his attendants: 'The time for my \[departure to\] the Land of Peaceful Nurture has arrived.' He then placed his head to the north and faced west, crossed his feet, and passed away. At the cremation, an extraordinary fragrance struck people, and relics surged forth. A stupa was erected in the southeast corner of the monastery courtyard. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 21.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.21.9) - [Next: 21.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.21.11) - [Up: 21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.21) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.21.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.21.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.21.10) · Pramāṇa